Spring Cleaning for the Mind, Body, and Soul
by Deyna Gomez
SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!
Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons. I always feel like there is a certain magic that is in the air in those two seasons. Springtime is Mother Earth waking from her slumber. The birds and the bees are fluttering around. The buds are ready to burst into full bloom. The vibrant colors of nature's pallet bringing the gardens to life and painting a serene picture against the blue skies.
Clean-Up Time
Springtime also means tidying up. Time to dust off those cobwebs that settled in over the winter. Pack away the winter wear and pull out some fresh, colorful cool sheets. As we begin the transition into this new season, we need to clear out the clutter in our home. Our physical residence and our mental space, our physical body, and our soul's home. To create a space for new life opportunities, we must clear out and release what is not serving us or outgrown. This is a beautiful opportunity to practice self-love and self-care.
This is an invitation to take inventory of your life areas that can be cleaned up or cleared out. Clearing space helps us have a clean, clutter-free environment that will help keep us motivated, creative, bring peace and happiness. Once you have cleaned up, you will feel energetically lighter. When we lighter, we are more productive and have better control of our thoughts and moods.
Work/Home
First, let's begin by focusing on our environment. Now that most of us are working from home, what was once two separate worlds, has collided with one world, and we almost can't tell the difference between our workspace and our home space.
Take this time to clean up your work area. Filing away forms, receipts, and finally shredding the shred bin…yes, I'm talking to you. Dust off your area and tidy it up. Maybe add some fresh flowers to your desk and make your area inviting. Clutter breeds anxiety and can create the feeling of being overwhelmed.
Next, go to one area of your home you most enjoy spending time. If it's the living room, maybe adding some new accent pillows or blanket.
Organizing with baskets and clear out drawers and pantries. As you go around to the different rooms in the house, create three separate piles: TOSS, DONATE, SELL.
Electronically tidy up by cleaning up your email box. Delete the endless rows of promotions and unsubscribe from 10 accounts you are no longer active in or no longer have an interest.
Mind
Next, let's look at some ways we can declutter our minds.
1. Social media break- Our minds get overstimulated by all the information on social
media. Give yourself a 2-3 day hiatus. When you go back on "clean up" your feed by
unfollowing negative people or groups.
2. Journal- This is something I enjoy doing and encourage my clients to do and even provide journal prompts. Journaling helps to release thoughts and emotions and allows us time to reflect.
3. Mindfulness moments- Incorporate a few mindfulness moments in the day, mostly when you eat or emotionally checking in with yourself. Whether you are walking to the car or bus stop, take notice of the trees or find something beautiful around you.
4. Gratitude is the attitude- Each day, spend 3 minutes in deep gratitude. Remember a moment in your life you were grateful and reliving that moment as if you were there again. Journal it and try to remember the small details. You will be surprised how good that feels.
Body
Ok, now let's take a look at our body and how we can create a healthy environment there!
1. Sweat it out- Sweating filters out toxins from the body and helps boost your immune system. It also helps to regulate body temperature. So pick your favorite routine, get your body moving and sweat it out.
2. Gentle colon cleansing- Do you get bloated after eating? Do you tend to feel lethargic during the day? Do you crave sugary or starchy foods? If you answered "Yes" to those questions, then a colon cleanse may be a good idea. A gentle colon cleanse is a pathway to release toxins and excess bloat from your tissues, reset your digestive system and renew your baseline of wellbeing.
3. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate- Especially if you plan on sweating out toxins and doing a colon cleansing. Adding lemon to your water will also flush out toxins.
4. Dry brushing- Dry brushing exfoliates the skin, helps reduce cellulite, unclogs pores, and helps stimulate the lymphatic and circulatory systems by breaking up lymph nodes and getting your blood flowing. Dry brush 3-5 times a week before you take a shower.
Soul
Finally, we come to clearing the clutter from our souls. While this might sound like a daunting task, a few small steps each day can help create a space of peace we need and deserve. Here are some simple ways to clear your soul.
1. Forgiveness- Forgiveness is not a mental or emotional exercise; it is a spiritual one. It
says, "I know you hurt me (or I hurt myself), and I will no longer be under the control of the pain. I choose to release to live in peace and freedom." Pain is too heavy to carry. I teach my clients a series of forgiveness exercises to help them work through their pain.
2. Take a relationship inventory- Surround yourself with people that nourish and make you feel good. Be around supportive and positive people who want to see you succeed and don't have a problem for every solution. Be mindful of energy vampires that can suck the life out of you.
3. Mediate- Take a few moments each day to quiet the mind and connect with The Divine and
your higher self. This will help you in aligning yourself with your message and purpose.
4. Rest- That's right, rest! With all the things we have to do each day… permit yourself to just be…and rest.
Happy Cleaning!
xoxo
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